{"id":77844,"date":"2025-11-01T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77844"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:46:09","slug":"fg-dismisses-trumps-claim-of-christian-persecution-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/01\/fg-dismisses-trumps-claim-of-christian-persecution-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Dismisses Trump\u2019s Claim of Christian Persecution in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has rejected remarks by former U.S. President Donald Trump, who alleged mass killings of Christians in Nigeria and called for the country\u2019s designation as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Kimiebi Ebienfa, the government said Trump\u2019s comments \u201cdo not reflect the situation on the ground,\u201d stressing that Nigerians of all faiths coexist peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry reaffirmed Nigeria\u2019s commitment under President Bola Tinubu to fight terrorism, promote interfaith harmony, and protect citizens\u2019 rights, while continuing engagement with the U.S. to deepen mutual understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information Mohammed Idris also refuted Trump\u2019s claims, noting that violence in Nigeria affects both Christians and Muslims alike.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the European Parliament\u2019s Committee on Foreign Affairs has urged Nigeria to strengthen protection for vulnerable communities and ensure accountability for all acts of violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Federal Government has rejected remarks by former U.S. President Donald Trump, who alleged mass killings of Christians in Nigeria and called for the country\u2019s designation as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern.\u201d In a statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Kimiebi Ebienfa, the government said Trump\u2019s comments \u201cdo not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":77845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172,1681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","category-news","category-religion"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77846,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77844\/revisions\/77846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}